Name: Saccharomonospora paurometabolica Li et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ro.me.ta.bo’li.ca. Gr. masc. adj. paûros, little; Gr. masc. adj. metabolikos, changeable; N.L. fem. adj. paurometabolica, little changeable, referring to the poor utilization of carbon sources

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 16315; CCRC 16315; CCTCC AA 1018; DSM 44619; JCM 13241; YIM 90007

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF540959 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Tang SK, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Saccharomonospora paurometabolica sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinomycete isolated from soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1591-1594.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. paurometabolica (Li et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. paurometabolica (Li et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Saccharomonospora paurometabolica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Saccharomonospora.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Li et al., the strain CCTCC AA 001018 is cited as AA001018. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li WJ, Tang SK, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Saccharomonospora paurometabolica sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinomycete isolated from soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1591-1594.

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